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CHICAGO BRIEFS
i
Mayor Harrison was operated
on yesterday at St. 'Luke's hos
pital for a slight growth on his
tongue. Andy Lawrence, will be
without a mouthpiece for a few
days.
Mrs. Joseph Sceleth and her 15--year-old
daughter, Helen, of Con
gress Park, were killed by a Bur
lington train last, night.
Police are lojring for an enter
prising man who has sold hun
dreds of bottles of varnish to
trussing housewives at SO cents a
bottle the past few days. The
"varnish" was found, tp be dirty
water. (
.Hugh W. Arnold, 750 N. State,
arrested on complaint of a sa
loonkeeper. Arnold was dressed
in. woman's clothes, with paint
and. powder on his face. He says
he was playing a joke on the sa
loonkeeper, who ha,s a poor sepse
of Humor. ,
i "weather report
Warmer Fair
tonight, probably
followed by increas
ing .cloudiness Sat--
urday for Chicago
'and vicinity; rising
temperature; low
est tonight a few
degrees belpw freezing; moder
ate'to brisk southerly winds.
H6-I dreamt I proposed to a
prettv girl' last night.
She Well, go cm what did 'I
say.?
FIND WOMAN'S TEN "HOUR
LAW NEGLECTED
. State Eactory Inspector E. T.
Davies has completeJTa list of"58
prosecutions against 29 defend
ants for violations of the differ
ent Twaswhich his office enforces,
and the case will 'be pushed.
The majority jof the alleged
violations are of the woman's1
ten-hour law. Other alleged in
fractions are of the child labor
law,, the .health, safety and com
fprt regulations, and failure of
construction tympanies to pro
tect the liyes of their employes.
Six violations of the ten-hour
law are charged against the Ho
tel LaSalle. -They are based on
the employment of women in the
hotel laundry and linen room.
BITS OF NEWS
,
After six hours of discussion,
United Cloak and Suit Design
ers' Association, now in session
at "New York, decided hat worn- -en,'s
coats shall be 32 inches long v
next fall. ' ' K
There are 172,987 more women- -than
men m Paris.
Yuari Shi Kai, president of the
Republic of China, has refused to
pay the former emperor a
month's pension irt-adance be
cause the funds m the treasury,
are shy.
Congress adjourned today as a
mark df respect" to the Maine's
deal. The majority jof the so to.
speak legislators took part in the
burial services at Arlington ceme
tery, '
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